John and Karan Campbell, co-founders of Chemtech Environmental, have been getting down and dirty with clients since 2002.

Working previously for other labs, they’d seen it all. Lost samples, missed deadlines, promises made and not kept. Fed up with making excuses for poor performance, they decided to go it alone, setting up Chemtech Environmental to challenge shoddy standards and accepted industry norms.

Operating from small industrial premises, the tide started to shift when they introduced a 5-day turnaround as standard service.

A steadily growing customer base came to rely on fast, accurate and reliable reporting and the company was able to grow into a 30,000 sqft purpose-designed lab facility.

The company has grown but the commitment to provide 5-star customer service remains, and we’re still pushing the envelope. What other lab would be championing a minionesque man in a white coat as a company mascot?

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OUR PERIODIC TABLE?

As a growing business we’re always looking for talented, like-minded people to join us. If you think you’re that special element we’re missing, why not get in touch?

VACANCIES

LABORATORY MANAGER

POSITION: Laboratory Manager

PACKAGE: £35k-£45k pa, 24 days annual leave (+ stats), contributory pension scheme, Perkbox, salary sacrifice schemes

HOURS: 37.5 per week, Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm

DURATION: Permanent

DESCRIPTION: We’re currently looking for a Lab Manager at our laboratory in Stanley, Co Durham. In this role you will be the focal point of all laboratory activities across the three core departments of Sample Reception & Prep, Inorganics and Organics. Working with the Team Leaders and their teams, you will have overall responsibility for work scheduling, planning, and delivery of laboratory services.

This will include staff training, appraising, mentoring, ordering of consumables, contributing to continuous improvement activities and ensuring communication channels run effectively between the lab, Customer Service, Quality and Directors.

Working alongside the Quality Manager, you will be responsible for promoting and monitoring quality in the laboratory on a day to day basis, including organisation of PT, nonconforming work investigations, audits, quality control, as well as method development and validation.

You must have a proven track record in laboratory and personnel management and be qualified to a minimum of degree level in chemistry or related subject or possess equivalent experience. Experience of UKAS accreditation and extensive knowledge of inorganic and organic analysis is essential, ideally in the environmental and/or contract laboratory sectors. Experience of LIMS would be highly advantageous. Using your knowledge and experience to continually improve the capabilities of the laboratory, you will become an integral part of the senior management team as it drives the business forward.

INORGANIC CHEMIST

POSITION: Inorganic Chemist

PACKAGE: £17k-£23k pa, 24 days annual leave (+ stats), contributory pension scheme, Perkbox, salary sacrifice schemes

HOURS: 37.5 per week, Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm

DURATION: Permanent position with a 6 month probation period

DESCRIPTION: Chemtech Environmental is a leading provider of chemical testing of environmental samples, mainly soils and waters, and is looking for an experienced Chemist to join the Inorganics team.

This role involves preparation and analysis of samples in our Inorganics section using various different analytical techniques, primarily ICP-OES, ICP-MS, IC, Skalar, TOC/DOC and various wet chemistry techniques. You will be responsible for calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting of the equipment.

Other duties include:

• Be a role model and set an example
• Ensure good housekeeping
• Help maintain stock levels and place orders accordingly
• Training of chemists and technicians
• Identify opportunities for improvement and development

Applicants must be educated in a chemistry related discipline with a minimum of 3 years hands-on work place experience using similar techniques. Experience of working in the environmental and/or contract laboratory sectors and knowledge of UKAS accreditation would be an advantage.

Applicant should be familiar with working in a high throughput environment with demanding deadlines. You must also be enthusiastic, self-motivated, have a good eye for detail and possess good communicative skills, good numeracy and literacy skills.